Category Archives: Eldering
Oct 4 & 5: Discovering Ourselves Wiser
You are invited…. Discovering Ourselves Wiser Using Our Wisdom for Our World How the co-learning happens Your years count. As Mentor, Sage, Poet you have something of great value to share. Gather with other people who are putting their experience … Continue reading
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Wise not to retire:
For me it seems wise not to retire: I might stop doing the few community things I am doing, I might no longer have the get-it-started quality of heart. :- Doug.
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Neediness is a gift
Neediness in a conversation is as much of a gift as that by a know-it-all. The commerce is in information through ideas through creativity to real wisdom, and each of these opens the doors to meaningful exchange. It might be … Continue reading
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simpler times
Today we are living the simpler times which our grandchildren will mourn. :- Doug.
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What you see is your eye
The opening segment of the film Consider the Conversation shows older people in nursing homes having difficulty doing therapy, eating messily. Some folks see this as denigrating folks or making fun. Others see it as finding our compassion. What you … Continue reading
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Wisdom is a blossoming
Wisdom is a blossoming of imagination. :- Doug.
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The most inopportune times!
We joke that Life is what happens when you are making other plans, Prepare to be surprised, Whatever happens is the only thing that could. We are surprised to find we are loved. Geniuses are the ones who surprise us. … Continue reading
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How many leaves?
How many leaves on you, maple tree? Will you green before turning brown? :- Doug.
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The arc of our lives is long
The arc of our lives is long. At both ends it bends toward earthy rhythms. At these ends others fulfill themselves caring for us. Our loving can be found in letting them. It’s not If but When we will slow … Continue reading
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Have people to love,
Have people to love, things to do, today and early. :- Doug.
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Sidestep argument
Sidestep argument change the terms, the words, the actions —embrace the other (the other you)! :- Doug.
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Winds, winds: blow
Winds, winds: blow winds, wind around my heart from where and to where unknown to us, calling to us to go to where, to find from where we may: ever unknown yet ever we are given to make up for … Continue reading
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Today’s a just-so setting
Today’s a just-so setting For what will happen in it :- Doug.
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Be curious for one another
Be curious for one another. It is a way of love. :- Doug.
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